Year 13 Physics
The course has five parts:
Mechanical Systems (an external standard sat in November worth 6 credits)
Wave Systems (an external standard sat in November worth 4 credits)
Electrical Systems (an external standard sat in November worth 6 credits)
Atoms, Photons and Nuclei (an external standard sat in November worth 3 credits)
Practical Investigation (an internal Achievement Standard worth 5 credits)


Mechanical Systems
Problems from texts


Wave Systems

Interference Wave Types
Superposition and Resonance
Standing waves in strings
Standing waves in tubes
Beats
Doppler effect
Two source interference
Diffraction grating


Problems


Animations

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You Tube Clips
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PevRZAxDxZw
example of superposition of water waves, plus reflection of wavefronts off a wall

Websites
standing waves in a gas tube demonstration

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpovwbPGEoo&feature=related
applet for doppler http://www.lon-capa.org/~mmp/applist/doppler/d.htm

Electrical Systems


The major sections covered are:
DC circuits, Kirchoff's rules, emf and internal resistance
Capacitance
Electromagnetic induction, Faraday's Law and Lenz's law
Mutual and Self inductance
Alternating current generation, rms values, rectification of AC
Resistance, Reactance, Impedance
RC (Resistor-capacitor) in AC circuits
RL (Resistor - inductor) in AC circuits
LCR circuits and Resonance


Problems List




Atoms,Photons and Nuclei